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What Are We Doing?
In order to say more about elders and pastors, it’s necessary to step back just a bit and review what they are doing when working together. Jesus referred to spiritual birth in John 3. But this wasn’t new; He honestly … Continue reading
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Tagged ANE, Biblical Law, fallen nature, heart-led, New Testament, old testament, radix fidem, spiritual birth, the Covenant of Moses
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Pastoral Psychology and the Heart 03
Making a deity of any part of yourself is a poor substitute for reaching out to eternity. Some of you may have heard of B.F. Skinner and his theory that human personality is nothing more than the net result of … Continue reading
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Tagged convictions, cultural anthropology, faith, Garden of Eden, heart, intellect, psychology, scripture, spiritual birth, the Fall
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The World versus God
There’s really very little we can do to help this fallen world. All I can do is offer my best moral counsel to those who are members of this Kiln of the Soul parish, who embrace the Radix Fidem covenant. … Continue reading
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Tagged Biblical Law, fallen nature, heart-led, racism, secular society, spiritual birth, worldliness
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Embracing the Enlightenment from Heaven
One more time: Under the Radix Fidem covenant, our teaching emphasizes living by Biblical Law. We teach that “Biblical Law” is a term equivalent to the moral character of God, equivalent to Jesus Christ Himself as a person. It’s not … Continue reading
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Tagged Biblical Law, Covenant of Christ, Creation, heart-led, Holy Spirit, scripture, spiritual birth
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The Magic Jesus Wand
Some readers will not get this; sometimes it’s very hard to untangle the lies of linear thinking and binary logic. It’s a standard feature of American theology, as if human reason was the rule to which all belief must bow … Continue reading
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Tagged covering, Creation, Jesus Christ, Law and Grace, Law Covenants, spiritual birth
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Not a Spiritual Influence
As always, it’s more complex than we want to recognize. It’s easier to pin it all on this or that one thing and make it our crusade to end that thing. And I could easily take you down a false … Continue reading
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Tagged culture, oppression, propaganda, psychology, resistance, spiritual birth, spirituality, technology, video
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Conversion Is a Lie
Translation of the Bible into English is inevitably difficult. Virtually every translation I’ve read does something I find objectionable. That’s because knowing how to get an English word or phrase from one of the biblical languages is no guarantee you … Continue reading
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Tagged biblical languages, intellect, mysticism, propaganda, psychology, scripture, spiritual birth
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